Investigation of the presence of various virulance and resistance genes in enterococci isolates isolated from intensive care patients

The presence of virulence genes in enterococci. For this purpose, the presence of resistance genes and various virulence genes in 83 enterococcus strains isolated from hospitalized patients in Muş State Hospital Intensive Care Unit were investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. At the end of the study, VanA, VanB, VanC, asa1, gelE, esp, agg, cylA, hyl, cfr, ace genes were determined in all isolates; 6 (7.23%), 0 (0%), 0 (0%), 25 (30.12%), 30 (36.14%), 29 (34.94%), 8 (9.64%), 19 (22.89%), 11 ( 13.25%, 0 (0%) and 20 (24.1%) were detected in number. At the species level; In E. faecalis strains, the highest gelE gene was detected with 54.84% and the lowest VanA gene was detected with 3.23%. At the species level; In faecalis strains, the highest gelE gene was detected with 54.84% and the lowest VanA gene was detected with 3.23%; the highest esp gene was detected in E. faecium strains with 32.69% and the least agg gene was detected with 3.85%. As a result, the detection of significant virulence genes in most of the isolates susceptible to vancomycin was remarkable in terms of taking necessary precautions.